Boards that run NETMF

Could we start an ongoing thread that will contain all of the known boards that run the netmf? Or could someone point me to an updated list?

Here, I will start with my limited knowledge:

  • GHI Electronics boards.
  • Montaineer Eth Mainboard 1
  • Montaineer USB Mainboard 1
  • Secret Labs Netduino boards
  • mBuino

Scratch mBuino…

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a few exotics I know:

STM32F429I-DISCO - To a certain extend and officially documented
Nucleo STM32F411RET - After modification even with or without ST-Link board

MikroBus.Net Dalmatian, Tuatara and Quail boards.

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MikroBus has some unique offerings. The Quail mainboard combined with MikroElektronika Click Boards looks neat. The variety of modules available is very impressive. MikroBus also offers ‘G-Adapters’ to bridge the connection between Click Boards and traditional Gadgeteer type sockets.

MikroBus.Net - http://www.mikrobusnet.org/shop
Click Boards - Click Boards - MIKROE

I have not personally tested their hardware. Maybe someone who has could provide so more insight.

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To be more precise : it was originated by Justin and me. Do not forget Stephen (scardinale), who has written a good 75% of the drivers (I think) :wink:
And we have Niels in the team as well.

Now, about using our boards, the only thing I can say is that all people that have tested them are very pleased because in addition to program a powerful board in pure NETMF, they also have :

  • enlarged their penis
  • got a pay rise for those who have a job
  • got a job for those who did not have one already
  • seen the return of the beloved
  • had a French kiss from Gus & Gary (not sure if it is really a feature, though, but that is a fact)
  • and finally their feet do not stink anymore.

So if you miss one of those cool features, I think you should try by yourself and enjoy the happiness that many others have enjoyed before you :wink:

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These are not available as off-the-shelf boards, but could be called semi-custom NETMF boards:

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I don’t want to acknowledge my addiction by disclosing the full list…

But it’s over 20 :-[

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@ Justin - Justin It would be great to have that list and I am sure there are many searching for a comprehensive list. Please divulge, or at least add a few to the list. I will create a table out of the ongoing results.
Thanks.

I think one or two of these haven’t been mentioned. Some probably don’t exist anymore…

Source: Introduction to Gadgeteerin' by Ian Lee

@ terrence - Here’s some, doesn’t include half a dozen or so secret squirrel boards…

Scorpion
Blue Genie
Smart Scour
Radius
Octopus
Microbe
Eunomia
Master Spi
Iot DX
STM Proto
Smart Node
Oxygen
Titanium
Iot Black
IoT Blue
IoT Base
Pee wee
Logger

Argon R1

R.I.P. Cerbot :frowning:

I haven’t heard much about Sytech lately at all, but their site is still live: http://sytechdesigns.com/Gadgeteerproduct.html

My first foray into NETMF was with the Nova boards from Sytech but when I went to place an order for more modules in Feb 2013 I was told that the Meridian on which it was based was no longer going to be manufactured due to the processor being end of line.

Simon Taylor was very helpful during my introduction to NETMF so I hope he is still going strong but I think at the time he was talking about large projects he was working on so new development was on hold or slow. The website appears to be unchanged since then and the Meridian is still listed and yet I know that Device Solutions no longer manufacture this.

PS… It was Simon at the time who suggested I check out GHI and that’s when I switched to the ChipworX modules. :slight_smile:

The sister site http://gadgeteerguy.com/ has gone though.

@ .Peter. - So I am working with the MultiTech mDot LoRaWAN module using mbed.
Reviewing this thread, I noticed that you mentioned the STM32F411RET.

The mDot uses the same chip.
[url]http://www.st.com/st-web-ui/static/active/en/resource/technical/document/datasheet/DM00115249.pdf[/url]
[url]http://www.multitech.net/developer/products/multiconnect-mdot/[/url]

Could you tell me how I might program it with netmf ?
Is there a more straight forward way than @ Cuno s?
[url]http://www.mountaineer.org/resources/release-4-3-1-beta-3/[/url]

Thanks.

http://www.aug-electronics.com/ami/Home.aspx

alive???

@ terrence - The Oxygen board from @ Justin has a 411 on board too. That I’ve got running on NetMf 4.4 talking serial to a Wifi piggy bag board called Neon that has an ESP8266. @ MCalsyn wrote quite an extensive driver for it, the sources for that are on github [url]https://github.com/PervasiveDigital/serialwifi[/url] I only have the NetMf 4.4 binaries for the Oxygen, for further info you have to talk to @ Justin, @ Cuno. You definately need some mDot board adoption if you wanna stay with netmf.

however, if you are up to an adventure and looking into a not so near future you could try llilum on the mDot. All the sources and some good to know info is to be found here [url]https://github.com/NETMF/llilum[/url] there you’ll find the process how to support a new board (kind of) as well.

Running llilum on that lora board might even be a nice addition for the llilum community and get that really interrested. I tried to run some managed .net code running on an alike board and kind of got it running but for very limited LED blink on/off, I didn’t go any further yet …

You could try to search for llilum / oxygen on the forums here you’ll find some discussions. Hereby a little size comparison of the Nucleo (big) and Oxygen (small) boards.

[Edit] : For NetMf to work per USB it uses PA11/PA12 the first one is avail but PA12 is not on the mDot so the standard images won’t work unless you have sources and can change the usb used pins. an advantage with the mDot is that the JTAG pins are avail.

@ .Peter. - Thank you for that great reply.

Now that I am thinking of it, if I get netmf or llilum running on the board, that is half the battle. The mDot library that Multitech wrote is still going to be in c++ and that will have to be re-written in c# in order to do LoRa communication.

This is an interesting looking module, but ah, no netmf.
[url]https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-feather-32u4-radio-with-lora-radio-module[/url]

Thanks again for your info.

@ terrence - If you get llilum running, you will have (by example) a solution in VS with a managed .net project (not netmf) and an mbed project with guess once what syntax, oops language …

BTW: what continent are you based ?